PARLIAMENT
PANEL ASKS I&B MINISTRY TO INCLUDE ''FAIR-USE'' CLAUSE IN CINEMATOGRAPH
BILL
A parliamentary standing committee has noted that the amendments proposed in the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to check film piracy do not provide for “adequate safeguards” to the people who share film clip on various social media...
Kartik Aaryan seeks protection of personality rights against unauthorised use
Kartik Aaryan has approached the Bombay High Court seeking protection of his personality rights against alleged unauthorised commercial exploitation in the digital space. He has instituted a suit against multiple Indian and international e-commerce...
LICENSING
AGREEMENT BETWEEN SONY PICTURES AND IPRS
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has entered into a
licensing agreement with the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS). Pursuant
to this agreement, Sony shall be able to use the IPRS music bank for its
digital broadcasts. With this licensing agreement, Sony...
‘CHHAPAAK’ CREDITS ROW: FOX STAR STUDIOS AGREES TO ACKNOWLEDGE LAWYER APARNA BHAT’S CONTRIBUTION IN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE FILM
Lawyer Aparna Bhat had filed a contempt petition in the Delhi High Court against the makers of the movie ‘Chhapaak’ for not acknowledging her contribution in the copies screened internationally. The...
I. Introduction to ‘Code of Best Practices for Online Curated Content Providers’ and ‘Self Regulation for Online Curated Content Providers’.
At the start of 2019, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (“IAMAI”) had introduced a document titled ‘Code of Best Practices for Online...
CIPAM has launched “Orange Minds,” a lecture series aimed at strengthening awareness and understanding of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) among students and young innovators. Inspired by the concept of the Orange Economy driven by creativity, culture, innovation, and intellectual property the initiative seeks to encourage students to...
What would you, as a film producer do, if someone came to you and said “I saw something in your movie trailer, but I did not see it in the movie. Pay me 60k for my agony.”
It sounds absurd but that is exactly what happened in this Supreme Court...
About Author: Sminal Badge, is a 4th Year student from Maharashtra National Law University.
The rise of generative AI from ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion to large language and image models has collided with traditional copyright. AI systems rely on massive datasets scraped from books, articles,...
Delhi High Court observed that Google cannot absolve itself from the liability of ensuring that the keywords used are not an infringement of a trademark
An application was moved by DR Logistics before the Delhi High Court, seeking an interim ex-parte injunction against Google India, Google LLC and Just Dial,...
Delhi High Court orders restoration of the 4PM YouTube channel, orders temporary block on ‘objectionable’ videos
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav of the Delhi High Court has ordered the interim restoration of the YouTube channel "4PM," some two months after the Union government suspended it...
